With the chanting of the spell, the Reality Marble gradually took shape, rapidly expanding outwards. Atalanta was dragged into the Reality Marble and vanished simultaneously with Emiya Shirou.
At the same time…
High in the air, Medusa tugged on the reins. Pegasus reared up, lifting its front hooves and letting out a loud neigh. Then, it dove towards Siegfried. The rapid descent created visible waves of air that swirled around Pegasus, flowing backward.
While using an attack skill, Medusa simultaneously employed a control skill.
"Cybele!"
Although her Mystic Eyes couldn't petrify Siegfried, they could still affect him, causing a few seconds of stiffness and a reduction in all attributes…
Whether it was a few seconds of stiffness or a reduction in all attributes, it meant Siegfried couldn't avoid Medusa's attack, at least not entirely.
Boom!
Amidst the deafening roar, a powerful, circular shockwave expanded outwards, shattering the ice-covered buildings in its path into tiny ice crystals and debris.
Though not directly hit by the Phantasmal Species, Siegfried, burdened by the all-attribute debuff inflicted by the Mystic Eyes, was slowed and couldn't escape far. He remained within the Noble Phantasm's attack range and was directly knocked away by the shockwave generated upon the Phantasmal Species' landing.
As an A+ rank Anti-Army Noble Phantasm, Chariot My Glorious had an extremely wide attack range. Watching the spreading shockwave, Karna had no interest in standing still and taking the hit. He immediately leaped, jumping towards a nearby building.
With several jumps, he was hundreds of meters away.
Li Shuwen leaned against the wall of a villa. Karna's figure flashed across his vision. He turned his gaze towards the direction Karna had left, the crimson cloak so conspicuous.
As time passed, the airflow subsided, and dust and ice fragments drifted down.
Pegasus flapped its wings, circling in the air. Medusa's gaze swept across the ravaged ground, searching for Siegfried's figure.
However, after searching for a full seven or eight minutes, she still hadn't found any trace of Siegfried.
"Where did they go?"
Medusa wondered, puzzled. Although she had seen Siegfried get knocked back, she hadn't witnessed his disintegration. She couldn't confirm whether her previous attack had defeated him.
"To be safe, let's search a bit longer."
Thus, Pegasus continued to circle in the air.
As the search area expanded, Medusa discovered that the Servants from other factions in the town had also vanished without a trace.
Landing in front of a villa, Pegasus then dissipated. Medusa looked at Li Shuwen and Arash, asking, "Where are the other Servants? Did you take them down?"
"I don't know." Li Shuwen flicked his right arm, and the Red Spear vanished. "I've been here the whole time, never left."
"The one I fought was called back by his Master," Arash said.
Hearing this, Medusa nodded slightly, "It seems the other two Servants were probably called back by their Masters as well."
"Clap! Clap!" Mu Yang clapped his hands twice, attracting the attention of the three. "Let's have a feast to celebrate our victory!"
"I have no objections," Li Shuwen said, his hands clasped behind his back.
"I have no objections," Arash smiled.
Medusa's expression was cold, "As you wish, Master."
"Since no one has any objections, that's the decision then." Mu Yang waved his hand, looking to the side and saying, "Then... Chef, I'm counting on you."
Emiya Shirou, who had just defeated Atalanta and returned to the real world after dispelling the Reality Marble: "..."
What does that mean?
You're asking an enemy to cook for you?
Is my hearing failing, or is your mind disordered?
Putting aside why I'd even take your orders, aren't you worried I'll poison the food?!
"Not worried at all~"
Under Emiya Shirou's gaze, Mu Yang shook his index finger and said softly, "Your Master will also be attending this banquet. If you tamper with the food, your Master will suffer too."
"My Master..."
Mentioning his Master, Emiya Shirou didn't even catch the main point of what was said. Just as he was about to speak, Mu Yang's clapping interrupted him.
Following that, a flash of blue light appeared, and Kamijou Touma was teleported to the villa's window. Looking at the perplexed, head-scratching youth, Emiya Shirou swallowed his next words and after a few seconds, changed his opening statement.
"Master, you're not dead!"
"Nope!" Kamijou Touma explained. "I have a special life-saving technique. I escaped before the laser hit me."
"That's not right." Emiya Shirou shook his head. "Although Master did suddenly disappear, if you weren't killed but just escaped, the connection with me shouldn't have been severed."
"So..." Emiya Shirou wore a "I see through you" expression. "You are not my Master."
Then he turned his gaze to Mu Yang, a hint of smugness in his voice. "Don't think you can fool me. That Master was created by your illusion, right?"
"Ah, this..." Kamijou Touma scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed for Emiya Shirou.
Even though you make a lot of sense, that's really not how it is!
"If you don't believe he's real, then..." Mu Yang made a "please" gesture. "Go confirm it yourself!"
"Heh, still putting up a fight?" Emiya Shirou sneered, turning his head slightly to the side. "Let's go somewhere and have a proper chat."
Kamijou Touma lowered his head, covering his face with his hand, and sighed. He then followed Emiya Shirou a few meters away.
Blah, blah, blah…
First came the verbal exchange. Emiya Shirou asked Kamijou Touma to recount the details of the two days they had spent together.
What Kamijou Touma said was almost identical to his own memories. However, at a crucial moment, Emiya Shirou recalled the scene from a few minutes ago.
He hadn't voiced what he was thinking, yet the other person had engaged him in conversation according to his thoughts.
No doubt…
"You definitely possess a skill like mind-reading," Emiya Shirou said seriously, arms crossed. "So, your words are untrustworthy."
Kamijou Touma covered his face again. "Boss Mu, are you finding the difficulty too low, and manually increasing it for me?"
Sighing again, Kamijou Touma looked at Emiya Shirou helplessly, and asked, "So... how do I prove myself?"
Hearing this, Emiya Shirou pondered for a moment and said, "Special abilities, the Master has two special powers..."
Before he could finish, Kamijou Touma first slapped Emiya Shirou's left arm, erasing it, and then summoned an Ice Crystal Dragon.
"How's that?" Kamijou Touma asked.
Emiya Shirou first glanced at the Ice Crystal Dragon, then looked down at his empty left arm.
His expression gradually became stiff. He used his right hand to hold his head, slowly squatted down, and then buried his head between his legs.
"Are you alright?" Kamijou Touma asked.
Emiya Shirou replied in a muffled voice, "Master, don't worry about me. Let me be alone for a while."
"Alright," Kamijou Touma said as he turned around, "Come over when you've calmed down!"
With that, Kamijou Touma walked towards the villa, leaving Emiya Shirou alone, squatting where he was.
"How's it going?"
Mu Yang leaned on the balcony with his arms, supporting his upper body, and asked Kamijou Touma who was walking over.
"Done." Kamijou Touma gave an OK sign.
After a pause, Kamijou Touma walked to the window, leaned against the balcony, and complained, "I've really lost out this time participating in the Holy Grail War. Not only have I wasted money and time, but I haven't gained anything."
"How can you say you haven't gained anything? Didn't you gain friendship?" Mu Yang comforted.
"That's some speech!" Kamijou Touma quipped, "I'm in, you do what you want."
Mu Yang chuckled, not continuing on that topic, but skipping it and starting a new one, "You've been disappearing, how have you been dealing with Aleister?"
"Huh?" Kamijou Touma asked, puzzled, "Who's Aleister? I don't know him, why would I have to deal with him?"
"Huh?" Mu Yang was equally puzzled, "You haven't looked into your future?"
"Nope." Kamijou Touma shook his head, "I'm not interested in the future."
"Ho~" Mu Yang raised an eyebrow, "The truth?"
Kamijou Touma spoke very frankly, "I didn't have money before, and later when I had money, I didn't think about it."
"So, do you want to see the future now?" Mu Yang asked.
Kamijou Touma thought for a moment and said, "...I don't want to."
Mu Yang nodded slightly, not asking why. He then looked up at Emiya Shirou who was walking over. "The chat's over. The chef's here. Time to prepare the banquet."
As he spoke, Mu Yang used his wristwatch terminal to send a message to the Gensokyo trio, "The banquet's starting. Come quickly."
After saying that, he shared his location.
"Ooh—Banquet!!!"
That was the message from Ibuki Suika.
"Get the fine wine ready, I'll be there soon."
That was the message from Hoshiguma Yuugi.
Kazami Yuuka didn't reply to the message, and it was unknown whether she would attend the banquet.
Closing the group chat, Mu Yang walked out of the villa, standing at the door and looking at the devastated town.
"The banquet venue needs to be renovated!" Mu Yang said, hands on his hips. The war-torn battlefield was not suitable as a banquet venue.
"You guys say..." Mu Yang waved his hand, and the kitchen counter, kitchen utensils, pots, and pans all appeared, and at the same time, he turned to look at the others, soliciting their opinions, "What style of banquet venue is better? A classical banquet hall? A modern banquet hall? Japanese style? Grassland? Beach? Cherry blossom forest?"
"As long as Master likes it," Medusa said with a cold expression.
Li Shuwen and Arash didn't speak, and the Jewelcraft Sorcerer suggested, "Western European style."
"Cherry blossom forest!" Tamamo no Mae raised her hand.
"Cyberpunk," Shiro Yasha said.
Zhang Zhiwei stroked his beard, pondering for a moment before saying, "A rippling lake with a small island in the center, upon which pavilions and towers stand, and grassy areas surrounding the lake."
"You're… really detailed!" Kamijou Touma looked surprised.
"That's good," Mu Yang nodded slightly. "More details are better."
Asking for more details would save him the time of designing the banquet venue.
Mu Yang gave Zhang Zhiwei an approving look for helping him slack off.
He also glanced at Shiro Yasha with a hint of disdain, "Cyberpunk, my ass! It's so much trouble, do it yourself…"
Shiro Yasha clicked her tongue, but Mu Yang didn't care, looking at the ruins and saying, "Lake, island, pavilions and towers, grassland, and cherry blossom groves…"
At this point, Mu Yang imagined what it would look like when completed and was speechless, "Did you guys plan this together?"
"Nope~" Tamamo no Mae said, "You were the one who suddenly decided on a banquet, we didn't know anything about it."
"What about the Western style I suggested?" Jewelcraft Sorcerer reminded him.
Mu Yang waved his hand, rejecting it, "Too troublesome, don't want to do it."
Jewelcraft Sorcerer: "..."
Could you be a little more tactful with your refusals?
Ignoring Jewelcraft Sorcerer's speechless expression, Mu Yang began taking out all sorts of ingredients, while saying,
"Let's get to work..."
Just as Mu Yang was preparing to set up the banquet venue, Emiya Shirou suddenly spoke up.
"Um... isn't that a bit too much food?" Emiya Shirou asked, pointing at a mountain of various fruits, vegetables, and meat piled up beside the villa, his cheeks twitching.
"Too much?" Mu Yang glanced at the mountain of ingredients and, recalling the people attending the banquet, none of whom were big eaters, explained with a smile.
"Better safe than sorry, better safe than sorry. Prepare a bit more to avoid running out."
"Ugh... Alright." Looking at the mountain of ingredients, Emiya Shirou felt a toothache.
Fortunately, he was a chef who had passed the test of the King's stomach. It was just a mountain of ingredients, simple!
"Oh, right." Mu Yang suddenly remembered something and looked at Kamijou Touma, saying, "Go sign a contract with him, so he doesn't run out of magic power and return to the Throne of Heroes halfway through cooking."
"Oh~" Kamijou Touma nodded and walked towards Emiya Shirou, re-establishing the contract with him.
After making the arrangements, Mu Yang once again turned his gaze towards the ruins, activating the power to distort reality...
The ruins gradually disappeared, replaced by a cherry blossom forest with pink petals fluttering in the air. In the center of the lake, with its rippling blue waves, was a small island, upon which stood an octagonal pavilion.
Around the lake, the emerald green grass spread like a carpet, filled with the fragrance of fresh grass.
"How is it?" Mu Yang turned around and asked the others.
"It's beautiful," Tamamo no Mae complimented enthusiastically.
"It's alright," Shiro Yasha chimed in, picking a bone to pick. "I've seen far more beautiful scenery than this."
"Are there any fish in the lake?" Zhang Zhiwei suddenly asked, feeling a bit like fishing.
"Do you have a fishing rod?" The Jewelcraft Sorcerer immediately understood Zhang Zhiwei's thoughts.
"Yes," Zhang Zhiwei nodded, the shop in the system had everything.
So, the Jewelcraft Sorcerer, who also wanted to fish, turned his head and asked, "Are there any fish in the lake?"
Mu Yang: "..."
You guys are doing this on purpose, aren't you!
After throwing some special fish species into the lake, Mu Yang nodded slightly and said, "There are fish in the lake."
Zhang Zhiwei bought a fishing rod and walked towards the lake. "Anyway, there's still a while before the banquet starts, so I'll kill some time fishing."
"Do you have any extra fishing rods?" the Jewelcraft Sorcerer asked.
Anyway, ordinary fishing rods were cheap, so Zhang Zhiwei bought another one and tossed it to the Jewelcraft Sorcerer. "Here you go."
The two old men walked to the lake and started fishing.
A few seconds later, a palm-sized anglerfish leaped out of the water, lunging towards Zhang Zhiwei and the Jewelcraft Sorcerer.
After leaving the water, the anglerfish's body rapidly expanded, quickly growing to the size of a truck. Its ferocious, oversized mouth snapped towards Zhang Zhiwei and the Jewelcraft Sorcerer.
"Woah!!!"
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